{"id":3160,"date":"2007-08-20T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/blueeyed-people-sharper-than-b.html"},"modified":"2007-08-20T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T17:48:00","slug":"blueeyed-people-sharper-than-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/blueeyed-people-sharper-than-b.html","title":{"rendered":"Blue-eyed people sharper than brown-eyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/story\/0,23599,22274710-36398,00.html\">Hey<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>         PEOPLE with blue eyes are likely to achieve more in life than those with brown, say US scientists.<br \/>\nScientists who conducted the tests said brown-eyed people performed better at reaction time, but those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> reported.<br \/>\nBrown-eyed people succeeded in activities such as football and hockey, but lighter-eyed participants proved to be more succesful in activities that required skills in time structuring and planning such as golf, cross-country running and studying for exams, the scientists said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the brown-eyed mom of two blue-eyed kids I&#8217;m torn between happiness for them and deep despair for myself \ud83d\ude42  I guess this explains my A- average in Greek and B+ in Hebrew.<br \/>\nBTW, this type of study reminds me of the concept of the master race of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey! PEOPLE with blue eyes are likely to achieve more in life than those with brown, say US scientists. Scientists who conducted the tests said brown-eyed people performed better at reaction time, but those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers, the Daily Mail reported. 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